Remi in St. Petersburg - 5 April, 1803
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, pages 50-51:
In the evening I had a great and unexpected pleasure.
[quoted from the author's diary:]
“Remi had again invited me to play duetts with him, and to day I was able to bring him a new one of my composition. After we had played this through for the second time, he embraced me and said: You must change violins with me, so that we may possess a souvenir of each other! I was overcome with surprise and joy; for his violin had long pleased me better than my own. But as it was a genuine Guarneri, and at least worth as much again as mine, I felt obliged to decline his offer. He, however, would … more >>
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Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 50-51. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409661710451 accessed: 7 October, 2024
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hide composersRemi’s reaction to Spohr’s playing | performed by Louis Spohr |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 5 April, 1803 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:41:50 +0100
Approved on Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:29:03 +0000